The story of David and Goliath is about God’s chosen people warring against heathen gentiles. But, that’s not the only battle contained in 1st Samuel. There’s another major confrontation going on here. Have any idea what it might be? If you said “David versus Saul”, BINGO! You hit the nail on the head. That’s another […]

When most people think about the battle between David and Goliath, they think the story is all about how God can use an underdog to defeat a much bigger and stronger opponent. Even the phrase “a battle of David and Goliath” has entered our common vernacular to refer to a weak party who faces a […]

“Meanwhile, the P’lishti approached with his challenge every morning and evening for forty days.” -1 Samuel 17:16 I wanna show you something interesting about the number 40. Take a look at these momentous Biblical events. During the flood, it rained for 40 days and 40 nights… Moses was on the mountain receiving God’s law for […]

“When Sha’ul and all Isra’el heard those words of the P’lishti, they were shaken and terrified.  Now David was the son of that Efrati from Beit-Lechem in Y’hudah named Yishai. He had eight sons; and in the time of Sha’ul he was old — the years had taken their toll.  Yishai’s three oldest sons had […]

“He stood and yelled at the armies of Israel, ‘Why come out and draw up a battle line? I’m a P’lishti, and you are servants of Sha’ul, so choose a man for yourselves, and let him come down to me.  If he can fight me and kill me, we’ll be your slaves; but if I […]